Early in the fourth quarter, Heritage found itself dangerously close to being the answer to the following trivia question: Against what team did Wilson High break its 34-game losing streak?

Instead, the Hurricanes scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to turn a one-possession game into a 20-8 win Friday night in Portsmouth. After the Presidents scored to make it 12-8, Malik Deloatch threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to Khevani Francois and Roy Johnson scored on a 3-yard run.

"Once that happened, the kids started playing a lot tougher," Hurricanes coach George Massenburg said. "We never want them to get too high or too low, but they showed some fight after that. I just wish the score wasn't what it was."

Looking for its second upset in two weeks, Menchville trailed Bethel 21-17 midway through the third quarter. Quite an improvement from last year's 65-0 loss.

But the Bruins put it away with three touchdown runs — two by Quinton Lee, one by Beau Morgan — in a three-minute span and coasted to a 46-23 win.

"They were a little disappointed it was that close," Bethel coach Bubba Hooker said. "But that will help us down the road. We came out better in the second half, and we had things go our way as far as the ball bouncing."

WOLVERINES PICK IT UP

Woodside coach Danny Dodson wasn't happy with his team's play early on, but he likes the way it finished in a 40-0 win over Granby.

Davonte Williams' 2-yard run with 30 seconds left in the first half gave the Wolverines a 20-0 lead. Then, Woodside recovered a fumble on the second-half kickoff and went ahead 26-0 on Tamir Walker's 38-yard run.

That was the first of three touchdowns in the third quarter that gave Woodside a 40-point margin (and a running clock) heading into the fourth.

"We started off real slow, but we picked it up and finished real good," Dodson said. "It's a win, and it was a good way to start."

MULTIPLE WEAPONS AT PHOEBUS

Usually, Phoebus' offense is centered around one player: the tailback. Take last season, for example, when Marshawn Williams accounted for 2,192 of the Phantoms' 4,056 yards from scrimmage.

This year, the Phantoms have more skilled players, at tailback and elsewhere.

In Thursday night's 40-0 win over Gloucester, backs Jomari Becnel and Trey Hamlin combined for 148 yards and two touchdowns. Quarterback Jonathan Kraft threw for 152 yards on five completions, including a 22-yard touchdown to fellow transfer Elijah Nelson.

"We do have a number of weapons, and as we all know, there's only one ball," Phoebus coach Jeremy Blunt said. "We're figuring out how to put certain people in certain positions to utilize their talent."

BIG FIRST HALF CARRIES CRABBERS

At first glance, Hampton's 28-13 win over Indian River looks to be a step back. A year ago, the Crabbers dusted the Braves 38-0.

But with the addition of several transfers, including quarterback Tyre Givers-Wilson from Bethel and linebacker Jaquan Yulee from Lakeland, Indian River has more talent than last season's 1-9 team.

"They had a great recruiting year," Hampton coach Mike Smith said, referring to the transfers. "That number 2 (Yulee), he's a hoss. He's an SEC-type linebacker. They have a lot of speed. They'll win some ballgames."

Hampton scored all four of its touchdowns in the first half. Quarterback Jovonn Quillen passed for 234 yards and ran for 60. Each of his three touchdown passes went to wideout Tyquon Wilkins, who had six catches for 137 yards.

BIG NUMBERS

Kecoughtan quarterback Desmond Savage's 315 yards weren't a career high, but his four touchdown passes were. Wideout Keith Grandy also had career highs with eight catches for 155 yards.

Jermaal Wells threw for 357 yards and three touchdowns in his debut for Denbigh. Wells had completions of 55, 69, 56 and 82 yards. Wideout Donavyn Johnson had seven catches for 162 yards. …

Woodside sophomore Tamir Walker rushed for 162 yards and three touchdowns, both career highs.